Ancient Reliefs

Relief sculptures depicting historical and mythological narratives from ancient civilizations including the Etruscans and Indians, featuring dynamic figures in action.

Carved stories of King Ashoka on gate of Sanchi stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Alabaster urn with relief depicting Achilles ambushing and killing Troilus, son of Priam, Etruscan civilization

Base of etruscan grave marker decorated with reliefs about funerary games. Early 5th century BC. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary.

Carved stories of King Ashoka on gate of Sanchi stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

danza baquica danza baquica,, siglo I antes de Cristo , arcilla con restos de policromia, Italia, coleccion Campana Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23019380

Etruscan funerary urn. Front-panel relief. "Hero fighint with a plow". Polychrome terracotta. 2nd century BC. From Chiusa, Italy. Musei Reali. Archaelogical Museum. Turin.

Grabmal von Blanca de Navarra Tomb of Blanca de Navarra, 12th century, Romanesque carving, Pantheon of the Infants, Monastery of Santa María La Real, Nájera, La Rioja, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22946557

Mexico city.National Museum of Anthropology.Maya relief.

RELIEVE IBERICO DEDICADO A LA CAZA DEL CIERVO (SIGLO IV AC) PROCEDENTE DE LA FINCA EL CASTILLO EN ALMODOVAR DEL RIO (CORDOBA) - SIGLO IV AC. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

SEGOVIA. SANTA MARIA LA REAL DE NIEVA. MONASTERIO.CAPITEL DEL CLAUSTRO CON ESCENA DE VENDIMIA. ARTE ROMANICO.

Roman sarcophagus. About 140 AD. Mythological scene. Orestes and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Italy, Tuscany, Chiusi, Relief representing a charioteer race, stone

The Balawat Gates, three sets of gates from Balawat, an ancient Assyrian Empire, with embossed scenes showing scenes of warfare, the presentation of tribute and hunting of Lions and bulls.

The Entombment 16th century Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) Italian. The Entombment 202449

UK, England, London, British Museum, Greeks fight Amazons, Frieze from Temple of Apollo, Bassai, Greece, 400-429 BC

Roman art. Part of a front panel of a sarcophagus of a child with a chariot race in Circus Maximus. Marble. 130-192 century AD. Rome. Pio-Clementine Museum. Vatican Museums.

Frieze of the Mausoleum. Dated 350 BC

Roman Art. Italy. Frieze from the Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Consul, (54 B.C.). Marble. Late 2nd century BC. Detail showing an animal sacrifice. Suovetaurilia: sacrifice of a pig, a ram and a bull. Domitius is dressed with toga and laurel wreath. It comes from Campo Marzio, Rome. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Victoria and Albert museum, London, U.K. Electrotype copy of the bronze doors of Hildesheim cathedral, Germany (detail). Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.

Wat Ounalom : sculpture depicting a battle scene from the Ramayana . Phnom Penh. Cambodia. (Phnom Penh, Cambodge)

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano202. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek a

Scene from the Legend of the True Cross second half 14th century Northern French or Netherlandish Enthusiasm for embarking on Crusade waned during the fourteenth century, notwithstanding the celebration of past efforts of Christians to secure the Holy Land and its treasures in works of art like this, in which knights on horseback breach the walls of Jerusalem in quest of the True Cross.. Scene from the Legend of the True Cross. Northern French or Netherlandish. second half 14th century. Stone. Sculpture

Romanesque Art. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Founded by the Count Wilfred the Hairy in 879 or 880. Historic-artistic monument since 1931. Detail of the sculptural portic representing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. Ripoll. Catalonia. Spain.

SEGOVIA SANTA MARIA LA REAL DE NIEVA IGLESIA DE NUESTRTA SEÑORA DE LA SOTARREÑA CLAUSTRO DETALLE CAPITEL OBRERO DE LA CONSTRUCCION.

The Resurrection, Guglielmus Paludanus (circle of), 1565 - 1665 Relief from albast with the presentation of the resurrection of Christ. Traces of gilding. Antwerp alabaster (mineral). gilding (material) cutting / gilding Relief from albast with the presentation of the resurrection of Christ. Traces of gilding. Antwerp alabaster (mineral). gilding (material) cutting / gilding

Marble relief with the story of the Boer trek, Voortrekker Monument in honour of the Boers, capital Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa, Pretoria, Africa

Le Grand Depart. 2nd century Amaravati School (1st century BC - 3rd century AD). marmoreal limestone sculpture from Andra Pradesh, India

Working at oven or furnace. Boiling figs or grapes. Romano-German period relief. GERMANY.

Deatil of Trajans Column Rome 2013. Commenmorating Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars.

Sarcophagus of Quinta Flavia Severina. Rome, Via Girolamo Benzoni. 3rd century AD. Crushing grapes. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Frieze of Greek warriors in battle, 5th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Archaic bas relief from the wall of Themistocles N M Athens , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Relieve llamado Sarcófago de las Estaciones procedente de Empuries, siglo IV d.C. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Girona.

France, Tarn-et-Garonne, Saint Pierre of Moissac abbey (Saint James way), capital of the narthex (representing Samson's fight with the Lion)

Sarcophagus of Sabinus. Roman. Two hunters holding a boar. Early Christian. Vatican Museum.

ARTE PERSA-PERIODO SASANIDA. Bajorrelieve del "TRIUNFO DE SEPUR I", donde se narra la rendición de los emperadores VALERIANO y FILIPO "el Arabe" tras las campañas de 252-261. A caballo el rey sasánida y arrodillado ante él, Valeriano, su prisionero hasta su muerte. Relieve del s. III d. C. NAQSH-E ROSTAM (Naqsh-e Rustam). Provincia de Fars. República Islámica de Irán.

Horse man on outer wall of Ramachandra temple in Hampi, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Etruscan Art. Italy. Travertine's sarcophagus-urn. On the lid: reclined female figure of the deceased and inscription: Than (Ia) Trenthinei (married to) Caspre (husband's family name). On the chest, relief depicting boar hunt scene. 2nd Century B.C. Tomb of Casaglia. Perugia. Gregorian Etruscan Museum. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

11th century Lintel in the style of Baphuon (1050-1100) from Wat Kralanh, Cambodia

Marble relief with Pan raised to an itifa_lico mule (erect phallus). Roman copy of a Hellenistic original. Secret Cabinet. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

The conquest of Ararat and reception of tribute from the king of Kirzani, 1880 - 1902. Issued in London by the Society of Biblical Archaeology. The image features bas-reliefs associated with Assyria, specifically depicting Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, who was active in the 9th century B.C., and elements of Assyrian palaces

RELIEVE CON EL TEMA LA GRAN PROSTITUTA DE BABILONIA, SIGLO XII. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN.

Roman civilization. Funerary stele of Ostilia Galliena. Relief depicting the journey to the underworld

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Tomb of Mausolus. Turkey. Amazonomachy frieze. 350 BC. British Museum. London.

Resurrection relief unknown

Facing brick with over brook jumping deer in landscape with trees and gate, facing stone sculpture sculpture building component limestone stone, sculpted Rectangular facing brick with frame in bas-relief over brook spinning deer in landscape. Trees and gate in the distance. Limestone Refreshing on the Delfshaven Aelbrechtskolk kolk Rotterdam Aelbrechtskolk 35 in Delfshaven.

Assyrian reliefs depicting the military exploits of the rulers and the overthrow of their enemies.

Funerary stela of Ankh-Hapy Funerary stela of Ankh-Hapy, aramaic inscription, Limestone, Memphis, 27 Dynasty, Gregorian Egyptian Museumn Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Roma, Lazio, Italia Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21378270

Ivory depicting a figure spearing a griffin

Grave Stele of a Young Woman. Unknown

Mourning a deceased woman laid out on a bed, two mourners and a woman who is crowning the deceased and people praying, relief from the tomb of the Haterii, on Via Labicana (via Casilina), Rome. Roman civilisation, 1st-2nd century AD.

Battle scene. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC. From Nimrud.

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, with narrow frame, with naval battle, fireplace stone part ceramic brick, baked Hearth of the Antwerp type with narrow list depicting naval battle in which armed and hardened men fight each other building history heat war

Hearing stone with representation of Suzanna, who is taken to court by the two elders, c. 1875 - c. 1900 Highstone with representation of Suzanna, who is taken to court by the two elders. The seat of the judge is heraldic right. Netherlands earthenware Highstone with representation of Suzanna, who is taken to court by the two elders. The seat of the judge is heraldic right. Netherlands earthenware

Sarcophagus depicting peasant with pair of oxen, from necropolis of Sperandio, Perugia province, Italy

Roman civilization, relief portraying arrival at 'mansio', an official stopping place on Roman road

Siphnian Treasury. 530 BC. Relief depicting a scene of Troy War. Ajax and Achilles fighting Aeneas and Memnon. Archaeological Museum. Delphi. Greece.

The conquest of Ararat and reception of tribute from the king of Kirzani, 1880-1902., 1880-1902., London. Publisher, Society of Biblical Archaeology. Gates, Assyria, Bas-reliefs, Assyria, Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, active 9th century B.C., Palaces

Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, 5th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Myanmar (Burma) Pagan Ananda Temple stone reliefs Plate 37. Swaan, Wim. 1966 or earlier Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia:

Hoplitodromos. Relief depicting a young man running, 500 BC. Detail. Pentelic marble. Found in Theseion, near Athens, Greece. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

Cast of frieze from Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, India

Cupids in Bacchanalian scene 17th century Possibly workshop of Lukas Faydherbe The curving back of this relief conforms to the outer edge of an elephant tusk. The object was probably one of a several meant to be set into a piece of furniture. Such scenes of Bacchic revelry were popular among collectors throughout the following century.. Cupids in Bacchanalian scene 195116

Trajans Column is a Roman column commemorating the Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars. Located in Trajans Forum, north of the Roman Forum. The spiral Bas Relief artistically describes the epic battles between the Romans and Dacians. Completed in 113 AD. Rome. Italy 2013

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, Neo-Assyrian, c858-c824 BC. Artist: Unknown

Two giants and Hera, detail of the Gigantomachy, relief, north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, 530-525 BC, from Delphi, Greece. Ancient Greek civilization, 6th century BC.

DETALLE DE LA SILLERIA DEL CORO - RELIEVE DEL SIGLO XV - HOMBRES COGIENDO TORO. Location: MONASTERIO. CUACOS DE YUSTE. CACERES. SPAIN.

South Frieze of the Parthenon. Cavalry. The Acropolis, Athens, Greece. 438-432 BC. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

ESCENAS DE GUERREROS. CAPITELES, CLAUSTRO CATEDRAL DE ELNA (S.XII-XIII). ROMANICO.

The Bacchus party, bas-relief carved in chalk, Helio-Cachan, 1930-1960 photomechanical print paper veneration of Bacchus. sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)

PALACIO DE LOS DAVILA. DETALLE RELIVE.

Front side of Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. The moon goddes Selene and her lover Endymion. Chariot and horses of Selene Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

The Bassae Frieze comprises a series of relief marble sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae, Greece. It was discovered in 1811 by Carl Haller and Charles Cockerell. From the style of the frieze it belongs to the High Classical period, probably carved around 400 BC.

Erotic sculptures on wall of Chinniyan tank 16th-17th centuries by local chieftain near Thiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Sacrifice scene. Iberian-Turdetania. Estepa, Spain. Pre-roman peoples. Archaeological Museum of Seville. Spain.

Deatil of Trajans Column Rome 2013. Commenmorating Roman Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars.

Abruzzo Alanno Madonna delle Grazie. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, sculpture, frescos (16-17th century) German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Relief fragment depictinganimals

Funerary stela of Ankh-Hapy, aramaic inscription, Limestone, Memphis, 27 Dynasty, Gregorian Egyptian Museumn Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Roma, Lazio, Italia

Antike griechische Friese Antike griechische Friese im Archäologischen Museum von Delphi, Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO in Delphi, Griechenland Ancient Frieze at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece *** Ancient Greek frieze Ancient Greek frieze at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece Ancient Frieze at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece

Detail from the Balawat Gates, made for Shalmeneser III, Neo-Assyrian, c858-824 BC. Artist: Unknown.

St Paul Conversing with Thecla, Ivory Panel from Casket Rome, late 4th century. Artist: Unknown.

Marble stele depicting a sacrifice being made for to the Goddess of Cybele. Dated 1st Century B.C.

COLUMNA DE MARCO AURELIO - DETALLE DE LOS LEGIONARIOS HERIDOS - COPIA. Location: INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA DE LA MEDICINA. Rome. ITALIA.

Fireplace with suzanna presentation by the old grips. Fireplace, Susanna by the old grips.

Capture of cities in the land of Ararat, 1880 - 1902. Issued in London by the Society of Biblical Archaeology. Features bas-reliefs related to Gates and Assyria, specifically from the era of Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, active in the 9th century B.C

The Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam, Artus Quellinus (I) (workshop of), c. 1650 - c. 1653 In the middle, the Amsterdam city of Amsterdam is sitting on the edge of the cogs with the Mercury hat. She has spread both arms, thus the trade protective, cheating by the four continents that offer their wares. She has the feet on the globe, next to which the current gods IJ and Amstel leaned against their vases, from which water with a few fish flows; The two streams flow together. The IJ, dressed in a fishing net and with a so -called ship's crown, sits on a dolphin and an anchor, the Amstel with a crown of piping has two rowing pans and a pick hook in front of him; An otter crawls between him and the vase. Against the globe an astrolabium, a Jacobs staff and a compass. To the left of this middle group is Europe, on the head the Keizerskroon and in both hands the horn of abundance. She is surrounded by horses and cattle, driven by a man with a bat. To the left of her Africa, a black

Relief frieze of cupids on the architrave of the Temple of Venus Genetrix, Museum of the Imperial Forum, Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Trajan's Market, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Bas-relief carvings in Prasat Bayon, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Justice of Trajan. Dated: 15th century. Dimensions: overall: 3.7 x 5.8 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.). Medium: bronze//Dark brown patina. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pseudo Melioli.

SARCOFAGO ROMANO - RELIEVE CON LA RECOGIDA DE LA ACEITUNA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION, CORDOBA.

Fireback 16th century French. Fireback 189160 French, Fireback, 16th century, Iron, 40 x 26 in. (101.6 x 66.0 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Dodge Fund, 1906 (06.1032)

Wall sculpture

Persepolis, Iran, bas-relief

Sarcophagus, Imperial Ottoman Museum, Constantinople , Antiquities, Sarcophagi, Lycian Sarcophagus Sidon, Lebanon. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Musée National d'Athènes, 1783, l'enlèvement de Basile (Persephone) par Echélus (Pluton) , Bas-reliefs, Antiquities, Gods, Goddesses, Chariots, Horses, Votive offerings, Hades Greek deity, Persephone Greek deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

The Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam.The front and rear elevation of the Town Hall are each dominated by a sculpted marble tympanum approximatelytwenty metres in width and surmounted by bronze statues. This design for the rear façade shows the four (then known) continents bringing prosperity to Amsterdam. It symbolizes the Amsterdam merchants worldwide trading network.

Altar dedicated to Emperor Gallienus health depicting pact between Sun and Mithra. Roman civilization.

Phoenician style open-work ivory plaque from a throne, Salamis. About 700 BC. Winged sphinx walking amongst flowers. Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus.

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